diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.mk b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
index 4111583462..4ce11da4e6 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.mk
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 BINUTILS_VERSION = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION))
 ifeq ($(BINUTILS_VERSION),)
 ifeq ($(BR2_arc),y)
-BINUTILS_VERSION = arc-2014.12
+BINUTILS_VERSION = arc-2015.06-rc1
 else
 BINUTILS_VERSION = 2.22
 endif